Tony Franklin - Barracuda revisited - fretless bass and drums only
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Revisiting this previously posted version, with boosted bass level. It was too low before.
I originally went a little overboard with the video effects - apologies, there's nothing I can do about that. Plus the picking hand is mostly unseen. I've learned a lot since these early videos. Still it sounds good! Enjoy!
As a drummer I cannot emphasise how much I love your sound and feel. Carmine is such a lucky man to have you sitting next to his left. So are all the other drummers you played with. Lucky bastards I say!!! Some people wanna be rock stars... I just wanna jam!!!
He's the rare bassist who can totally rock out AND float around with the weird airy jazz shit too.
Thanks so much. It’s all about the music for me too.
Carmine’s great of course.
@@IBoughtItMyself Jaco of Rock
same here bro
Wicked growl!! Sounds unbelievable
Thank you 🙏🏻
Dear LORD that was FIRE!
Thank you!! 🙌🏻🤩
This sounds sooooo good on Fretless! I saw the one with Blonde a while ago.....this one!!!! 🤘👍💖💯🙏🏻🌠
Sounds Tight Seattle 2021 !!!
Excellent Tony fabulous rendition. Cheers thanks for sharing
If you love the Fretless Monster raise your hands 🙌
Haha. Thanks so much
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I’ve always appreciated Tony’s playing and felt this song was a “Bass guitar” classic!!!
It’s a great song for bass.
Fretless Monster you are amazing. Love some Heart. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I discovered the bass guitarist, Tony Franklin. Super man, super party. Well done, respect!!!
Thanks 🙏🏻
Barracuda never sounded so good. Someone get Ann and Nancy Wilson on the phone stat to get this song revised. Wonderful take on an all time classic, Sir Franklin.
I love that! Thank you! 👏🏻🤩
Blows me away Tony how you find the notes without frets. Amazing.
Thanks. Lots of practice. Muscle memory, and listening. Plus there are guide dots on the top of the neck. I definitely need those!!
Don’t fret about it
@@FretlessMonster I’m sure listening plays a big part on that (maybe even more than muscle memory?). Guitar is my first instrument, but after trying to learn the violin for a few months, my approach to the guitar changed a lot. On a fretless instrument, you end up forced to really listen to what you are playing. You rock!
Who needs the Wilson sisters after that! Just kidding, would be a great addition to - TONY!!!!
Haha! That would be cool!
I actually played this with Nancy at Rock Camp. A lot of fun.
Killer, absolute killer!
Thank you!!
Excellent! Sneakily tricky for us intermediates that song.
Thanks! It’s not easy for sure.
Saw trology give a excellent review of your bass amazing 👍👍🎸🎸
Oh was that Radioactive?
You can upload this as many times as you like, as I love the song, Tony. Nice one! ❤️
Thank you!
Awesome Tony!
Thanks so much
Sinister growling rendition. Thank you wildman!
Cool performance! Playing this song on my bass makes me feel like Popeye by the time it ends.
Haha. I like that (makes Popeye sound... arrg)
That was insane!
Great!! 🤩 Thank you!!
all I can say , if Tony played with best, he is the best
Thank you kindly
Love it tony, amazing ❤
Great! Thank you!
Beautiful resonance on that E string - 🤘🤘🤘
*it made me bowels rumble* 😳
Haha. Oops! 😬😂
That's how "Barracuda" is done. Sounds better than Heart. Which is also just as enjoyable as Tony's version. Thx
Wow. You’re too kind! Thank you.
That was absolutely amazing to watch and listen to! Thank you for always sharing your work with us. As a Twitter follower, it’s always nice to have another outlet to admire your professionalism. 🙏🏻💙🙏🏻
Thanks for following, supporting... and enjoying! 🙏🏻
Tony, is the best of the best!!!
Aww thank you 🙏🏻 🤩
Very nice! thanks.
I'm loving all these bass vids from Tony.
Thank you!!! 🙏🏻
Such a fun song, love the texture the fretless gives it.
It is fun to play. A workout but fun.
First time I realized how much Barracuda bass line sounds like Roundabout. Would make a great mashup.
Try Listening to Achilles Last Stand then Barracuda
Yes indeed. All three tunes are similar.
So barracuda? Anyway I hope you get around to looking at these Tony. I saw you with the Firm in 85. I knew the difference between bass and guitar well I had just picked it up. Bass. Especially at that time in metal the bass was a little low in the mix like a second rhythm guitar. I was about 11 andI was so excited to see Jimmy Page. I thought he may not play with Zeppelin after. After the gig all my friends and I we're not talking about Jimmy Page but you. You totally changed what I thought bass could be at that young age. My first experience with live, loud, fast, slapping and awesome finger skills on a fretless. Thank you it's appreciated!
Wow. That’s amazing to hear. Thanks for sharing that. 🙏🏻🤩
I am playing my fretless P bass more and more lately and your videos are a great inspiration, thank you.
That’s great to hear. Thanks. Fretless P Bass has it all imho 🤷♂️🤩
Kick ass tony! Watched the yes roundabout vid about a month ago and now am hooked on your videos so much that yt is sending all kinds of bass players my way. By the way, saw a guitar concert in spokane called "guitar gods" around 2006/2007 and one of them was steven and joes bassest tom hamilton of aerosmith. He absolutely shredded the electric 6 string, so here's the question, do you six string shred.???... 🤠
Thank you.
YT can be cool.
No I don’t 6 string shred. 🤪
I’m just a 4 string Fretless Monster. 🤩
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Right arm. 🤓
Fretless sounds great in heavy rock, not just jazz fusion
Analysis: true
Absolutely!!! Fretless rocks.
Wow... bravissimo Tony😃🎸👍
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Awesome!! King Tony!👑
Tony Franklin super good luck Благодарю за бодрое великолепное исполнение. Всех благ
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Barracuda is a great track. Reminds me of “Immigrant Song” by Zeppelin they way it stampedes from the speakers.
Yes!! The drums are very Immigrant.
@@FretlessMonster a friend gave me that album “Little Queen” on vinyl in 2008 and it sounds incredible. The production is fantastic. It was influenced by Zeppelin, as there’s a few more Zep III acoustic style rockers on it.
I’m a guitarist by nature but I have a few basses too for recording, I made my own fretless 30 years ago as I loved Sting, Pino Palladino, John Gibblin, and all those wonderful players. I’d love a factory made fretless P bass though.
Thanks for sharing this tuition as it’s a difficult instrument to master flawlessly. I’ll check out more of your discography. Thanks for getting in touch.
This is just awesome. Thanks, Tony!
Fantastic :) love that groove ....cool song...
Sounds KILLER Tony! I'm a beginner on bass and after watching and subscribing to your channel I want to get a fretless - scared it'll be totally over my head as I'm stumbling clumsily on a fretted bass. Appreciate your playing and sharing with us.
Fretless certainly adds some more parameters to the learning curve. But if you ever decide to jump into it (and trust me it’s worth it), I have an instructional course with TrueFire specifically designed to speed up the process 👍🏻👍🏻
@@FretlessMonster Copy that Tony. I may buy a special gift to self : a Tony Franklin Signature Bass in lake placid blue. Will check out your course - I need some structure and routine to find my way and my sound.
Ohhh!! What a Nice sounding groove!!!👌🏻
Thank you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Love it
Thanks!
Long time hero of mine !!! I saw Blue Murder in 1988 ( or 89 ) at Hammerjacks in Baltimore and they just burned the place down !!!
Thank you. Yeah I recently heard about Hammerjacks. I remember that gig well.
@@FretlessMonster I meant that you guys just had a fantastic night , Hammers was torn down many years ago , it's now parking lot 12 A or something at M and T Stadium.
My band played there monthly as we were local. So I got to see all of the big talent come through and Blue Murder is in my top 3 or 4 and much of it was due to your playing man.
love fretless with a pick
Me too. Nothing like it.
I love the tone here! So good. I gig with a TF PBass all the time but I've got flats on it because they work better for the music. This really makes me wish I could put rounds back on it and recapture that snarl.
I have tapewounds (mainly because they're good for the neck) and they kinda have that snarl
@@LageRUclips I've never used tapewounds. I've been thinking about giving them a try. Would you recommend any particular type? The sound I'm trying to achieve is sort of 'angry upright'. The flats on the TF bass deliver pretty well but it's hard to get a little snarl when I want it.
I use the DR Sunbeams. Rounds but a little more forgiving.
I was part of a Webinar with Berklee Bass Department - called Innovators of the Fretless Bass. Percy Jones, Mark Egan, Steve Bailey, Steve DiGiorgio and many others. The question was asked. Rounds, tapes or flats. 80% of them said rounds. And it was all about the sound, not the fingerboard. Sound is first. It’s easy enough to clean up the fingerboard. I love the versatility of the rounds. I’ll roll off the treble if I want a darker sound. I simply cannot get my sound from flats. Having said that, it’s each to their own 😁
@@iangrant8290 D'addarios and Fenders are pretty much the only tapewounds I could find-in Finland at least. I personally use D'addarios, but they're also pretty expensive. I'm not sure about that snarl or what you mean by that, but you can get good Jaco Pastorius type of tone. They're kind of like roundwounds but not as bright. You can find some good comparison videos on RUclips
@@FretlessMonster Thanks for the recommendation on the Sunbeams! I was looking at these specifically as a warmer alternative to my current go-to roundwounds. You convinced me to give them a go. Love what you do, take care!
Besides Fender Basses...have you ever played any others for an extended time?....love this channel
I used a JayDee custom fretless for 5+ years in the 80’s. Later Firm and all Blue Murder. Truly I was looking for a Fender with an ebony board. The Fretless P Bass was always my sound, but I could never find one with ebony. I finally asked them to make me one. All I play now is the Fender. Don’t own any other basses.
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🙌🏻 Awesome!!!!!!! 🤘🏻😄
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Ive only just discovered your channel and Im so glad I did! Im a long time bass player (not particularly great though) and never played a Fretless. But absolutely adore the sound you're getting from yours. What made you go fretless as your main instrument btw? Superb player!
Thanks so much. And welcome aboard.
I’d been playing fretted bass for a number of years. When I heard Jaco Pastorius for the first time (in 1979) I knew I had to have a fretless. It took a while before I felt in control of it. I love fretless.
TONY!!!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Hiii! 🤩👍🏻
I believe you put the fretless bass on the map with something you might be interested in watch the 1975 Earls Court Led Zeppelin live performance of in my time of dying and watch John Paul Jones on that bass behind Jimmy page doing that slide guitar frenzy.It’s the only time I’ve ever seen him play a Fretless.
Thanks so much.
Yes I’m very with that LZ JPJ performance. He’s great.
I believe he also played Fretless on 10 Years Gone.
Tony's default setting is BEASTMODE.....ALWAYS!
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Never liked a pick on bass before.....I might start doing pick work!
Don't limit yourself! Pick is a very useful tool.
It’s fun. Adds a different texture and groove.
@@FretlessMonster I been doing “ain’t no body” on fretless, but with a pick the 16th notes would have that nice .....”right on the beat” attack.....this old dog is ready to learn a new trick!
I think that would be interesting collaboration. Tony Franklin with Ann & Nancy Wilson of Hart just by judging of your Performance with David Gilmour & Kate Bush & also this little jam session it would be great to see 👍
Cool. I have played with Nancy a couple of times.
@@FretlessMonster Wow ! I was unaware of that. Can I find footage of this ?
so killer! wow
Thank you!!
well, this is awesome.
Thanks 👍🏻😁
BOOOOIIIINNNNG!
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Fantastic vid. Tony, please play Cadillac raw for us.
I’ve been thinking about doing that one. Thanks for the prompt. 👍🏻
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I love the video FX totally cool..which bass was that?
Thank you. That’s my black signature model Fretless. First one off the production line in late 2005. 🤩👏🏻
Heart took this from Achilles last stand.
I think you might be right.
Yes Tony. Now that I think of it I remember seeing an interview where Heart admitted they took it from Achilles last stand and by the way I saw you in concert in 1986 I was six rows away from you at the Meadowlands arena and I believe for about 10 seconds you started playing purple Haze Before your bass solo.
This is just awesome 🤘😝🤘
Thanks!
Yyyyeeeeahhhh!!!
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Реально круто!
Благодарю!
Thank you!!
Bass monster!
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Beast Mode!
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Thanks 🙏🏻
Love it!
Thank you. It’s a fun one to play.
Condor flying. Barracuda swimming %)
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Great! The drums should be a little bit louder, in my opinion. I know it's all about that bass, but with the drums slightly louder the experience should sound greater. Greetings from Nazaré, Nazaré.
Thanks. I would agree. Problem is most people listen on the iPhone and the bass gets lost. So I mixed it higher. 😊
Two Words : OH YEAH !!!!
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HECK YEAH!!!!
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Hellyeah!! 🔥👍😎
BEYOND BEING EXCELLENT...BUT I WANNA HEAR AND SEE TO A FRETTED VERSION OF THIS....WITH YOUR NATURAL COLORED FENDER P BASS...YUMMY STUFF...
thats good bass growl right there.
Do you use flat wounds on your fretless?
Thank you. I’ve always used rounds. I’ve been using DR Sunbeams for the last 30 years! Love them.
Absolutely great rendition! I'm trying some new medium light GHS pressure wound strings on your signature p bass this week! Do you setup all your fretless basses the same specs?
The set up varies from bass to bass. They all play and respond slightly differently so I adjust each one to it’s optimal setting. I don’t use any particular measurements - all by ear and visuals.
Here for my daily groove shot...
You give this such a sexy edge 😉😊
Thank you 🤩
Hey Tony, you got any tips for improving intonation when playing fretless bass ? Thanks, man. Rock on !!
Time. Practice. Muscle memory. I also cover a lot of that in my TrueFire course. truefire.com/bass-guitar-lessons/fretless-foundations/c1289
very good! lets say you put on a new set of strings and they are stretching and fitting in.. can you adjust for being out of tune in real time?
Ha. Good question. Yes that’s doable. Up to a point. As long as it doesn’t slip a whole tone or so, and as long as you can hear everything perfectly.
Hey big Tony you think I should get after that fender fretless j bass. You got a recommendation ?
I’m personally not a fan of the Jazz Bass - I don’t own one. So I cannot be of much help. You might want to try one of my signature basses if you have the opportunity 😁👍🏻
Maestro, do you mute strings with your right hand during the "galloping" rhythm?
Yes, on and off. It’s a very intuitive, in the moment kind of thing. Varies.
@@FretlessMonster 🙏🏻
You can join my band anytime! : )
Haha. What’s the pay like? 🤩
OD?
An overdrive plug in inside my DAW.
rounds growl
Yes!!!
Challenge davie 504 please.
What does that mean?
@@FretlessMonster Davie504 is a highly skilled bass player on RUclips who is of the opinion that playing with a pick is "illegal".
I used to really like his videos but he changed the style of them to become more approachable for the "internet meme" kind of crowd.
Can I have Jimmy Page’s number?
Haha. Sure.
You're videos are a mixture of no nonsense, cut the crap and near threatening. But cool shuddupnlisten,!
Great to see no lines on your fretlesses, I've never found the need!
The p bass is cool and avoids all the Jaco clones, just wish there was a much cheaper option.....so I'll assemble my own budget franklin clone shortly!
Thanks!! 👍🏻🤩
Unlined is the only way to go.
Sorry, his playing does nothing for me, I prefer Steve Bailey's playing on a fretless bass.
Thanks for watching anyway 🤷♂️😊